Humidor.



w. E. SCHIMME'L.

HUMIDOR.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 6. 1912.

1,145,21 8. Patented July 6, 1915.

M W @W ing had to ,the 'aein a V "which are'a partofthis specification.

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Iiresident Kl ca pe' o'f moisture from" the reoeptaclefi a, c I p si ion by'means of 'fihe ho'olriandeY'eIO;

cover held inclosed O e fenjd'o t the cover 715 pr'oti ded with an opening 11- "to"receive the socket 12- of t' humidorsffbr chargingf fthe-f atmosphere j with moisture, afiid-is .moreflparticularly adapted f or v use in' maintaining a constant degree -ofl moisture within I '15 {the like.

i a r c and 'n is"one ofitheomea er thi'sjnizntion'to providefa humidor whichwillievap'orate a greater amount-of moisture {than humidOrs v moisture sired. .yj v. t I

'fu'rther, Object .ofYthe invention is to provide a :hmnidominjwhichelectrical means 11tiliZed'tofeXpedite and "control the evap "orationozt thewater for hum ditying the 'at- I .1 ofz 'ordinaryg,constri1ction5j land which; is I adapted *to charge the {:l'atmosphere with to aegreaterorless extent, as de- A further ect 7/ invention to the inventionconsists of [the improved humi In th .accoinpanyingfdrawing incwhich I the 'samerfefference; charactersindica-te.;thef y I, ;s ame. pa'rt's inalhdfthe views";"llligurei1.is

' 'gdorand-its' parts fandflcombinations, asset forth in" the lairnsgf ajndi all equivalents a cntralwerticalj sectional View of the improvedhumidorl'; and--Fig.2i is transverse sectionalwiew thereot v ,Referring to the drawlngthe numeral indicates the receptacle'i of the improved '1 :humidor, 56; the legs thereof andTth'e co'fver v whichfis' "hinged to the upper. led ge'ofthe' ref 1' 'ip'rovide a humid'or which isofyery simple 30f1construction3 is easily; operated jandwhich is inexpensive to manufacture. a With the ab ye n'dv-other ,objectsinffview will take up thewater and become entirely saturated therewith and the heat oi the lamp when Supplied with current will heat, a" r thea'bsorbent material and the; water with 'which'itis saturated and eject said water i in theform ofxmoist steam through the aper- Q are incandescent electric lamp 13 positioned Within the fcover" portion of 4 the casing. This lamp is' ofelo'ngatdform and extends }'roIr1 o' ne -len'd"of the cover 5 to a" point adj a cent tothe other end and the heat ofthe "lamp,- when "the "current" is turned on; serves to'eXpedite the charging of the air with moisture. V a In order tosubject the water 14=contained wlthln' the receptacle to theheat of the lamp, blotting paper orother absorbent material 15 is interposed between the rounded "portion of'thecover and/the lamp and is suspended on two vor more of the supporting rods 16, so that the ends of'the absorbent material will. depend" into the water. .The'

. rods 16 vhold the absorbent material spaced from the lamp and the rounded portion of '1 the cover topermit the air to contact withv bothl'sides of the absorbent material.

In use thejreceptacle is filled with water into the water. The absorbent material turesof the cover and into the atmosphere. The "degree ofh'umidityq of the air may be p controlled by turning 0 the current to the 'ijlamp and allowing thenatural or non-forced ievaporation to takeplace when the air with- 1n: a case. containing the humidoris charged "with" the desired degree of moisture. The

, QQVQY, 1s of-oval formatio'nin cross; section in a verticalline, andjthe upperffront, side andlendiedges 'of'the receptacle :are bent to ",witlijthemajor-{axis gof the oval extending absorbent material will continue to draw up #the water from the receptacle andfprovide "a continuous feedto be ejected into theair Y in the'form of moist steam or by evapora tion. 1 r a From the foregoing, descriptionit will be it seen that the humidor is of verysimple con struction, and is welladapted' for. use in supplying the proper degree of'moisturewitb in cases containing cigars and tobacco and also for other uses in which it is desiredto Current iss'upplied to the lamp through v the wires 17 which. are adapted to be con; nectedto a source of supply by th l 18 n v... and the cover is closed so that the end 5' j Y tionsof the absorbent material-will extend 1 so i v 

